2 PC Struggle

[Mr_Aj_Naz]

I recently got into 2 pc streaming. I found 1 method with obs ndi and the 2 pcs hooked up to the same network via ethernet. However, I have had some challenges in the way.

 

*PC 2 had to be in a different room cause I dont have extra lengthy ethernets atm and the look of it in my apartment is already dreadful. (Solved this with synergy.)

*Synergy randomly stopped working with pc 1. Even with uninstall and reinstall pc 1 just wouldnt share properly with the other pc in the other room. However, if I had pc 2 on wifi synergy would work as it should. (sharing from pc2)

*I had previously wanted to share both pc with 1 internet connection, so I ordered crossover adapters and an pci-e ethernet adapter.

 

This is where I'm stuck. With successful installation of the pci ethernet adapter on pc 2 I can't seem to get it to share internet access with the motherboard ethernet connection. I have the main connection going into the mobo ethernet, then I have the adapter going out to pc 1, the gaming pc.

 

*crossover adapters are being used between the 2 pc

*configured each connection between the 2 pcs with different ip address.

 

I feel I'm missing some small steps here to make this work. Very annoying. So far I have the newly installed adapter on, "unknown network, no internet access." and the gaming pc is on, "private network, no internet access."

 

I'm ready to give up on this, and just spend even more money on a switch but figured I'll give this place a shot and see if I already have what I need and I'm just not piecing it together correctly. How do I properly share the internet access so I can start troubleshooting synergy and getting both pc back on the internet?

[i_got_laid_by_a_dragoness]

6 hours ago, Mr_Aj_Naz said:

I recently got into 2 pc streaming. I found 1 method with obs ndi and the 2 pcs hooked up to the same network via ethernet. However, I have had some challenges in the way.

 

*PC 2 had to be in a different room cause I dont have extra lengthy ethernets atm and the look of it in my apartment is already dreadful. (Solved this with synergy.)

*Synergy randomly stopped working with pc 1. Even with uninstall and reinstall pc 1 just wouldnt share properly with the other pc in the other room. However, if I had pc 2 on wifi synergy would work as it should. (sharing from pc2)

*I had previously wanted to share both pc with 1 internet connection, so I ordered crossover adapters and an pci-e ethernet adapter.

 

This is where I'm stuck. With successful installation of the pci ethernet adapter on pc 2 I can't seem to get it to share internet access with the motherboard ethernet connection. I have the main connection going into the mobo ethernet, then I have the adapter going out to pc 1, the gaming pc.

 

*crossover adapters are being used between the 2 pc

*configured each connection between the 2 pcs with different ip address.

 

I feel I'm missing some small steps here to make this work. Very annoying. So far I have the newly installed adapter on, "unknown network, no internet access." and the gaming pc is on, "private network, no internet access."

 

I'm ready to give up on this, and just spend even more money on a switch but figured I'll give this place a shot and see if I already have what I need and I'm just not piecing it together correctly. How do I properly share the internet access so I can start troubleshooting synergy and getting both pc back on the internet?

Crossover cables and switches don't have built in network layer IDs so it will always be unknown. If you've got a router, plug them both in, or use WiFi. Wifi isn't as terrible as people make it seem, I stream 1080p60 on WiFi just fine.

 

 

[Mr_Aj_Naz]

I have it setup that way currently, remade homegroup so that the one pc that is passing internet through is managing, hosting that homegroup. I might give wifi a chance, from what Ive read, NDI requires a wired lan to work without more latency or quality loss. Also there was updates needed for both mobo ports so thats out of the way.

[Mr_Aj_Naz]

Alright, I tried wifi and its not going to work, pc 2 has to receive the NDI stream then stream it out, as I've mentioned latency is too high, even lowering the stream quality doesnt fix this.

 

Going back to trouble shoot the first method.

Router > Stream PC > PCI-E Ethernet Port Out > Game PC 

Homenetwork is configured, workgroup is the same for both, crossover adapters are being used between the two. I manually set the ip for the connection between the 2 pc as well in IPv4

 

Also synergy stopped sharing from gaming pc to streaming pc. But if the streaming pc is on wifi it can share across to the gaming pc. 

[Mr_Aj_Naz]

Managed to get internet passing through computer 2 that has direct connection to the modem. Lots of trial and error and lots of trouble shooting. 

 

*Got rid of the crossover adapters even though it helped providing access to homegroup networking

*Reconnected both pc to homegrouping network with main internet adapter disabled and wifi disabled on pc 2. 

*Re-enable adapter 1 for main internet to come in. Enable share in settings, It only gave me the option to share with adapter 2 when wifi was enabled but not connected to anything. Now I select option to share with ethernet adapter 2. 

*Manual ip congifurations in IPv4 was not needed. I left that on auto, but made sure to enter the preffered DNS server address from the main connection on both pcs.

 

All of a sudden my gaming computer said connected to network, I try the internet and its fully connected. However, this same computer is not connecting with synergy as I wish it did. Sent logs and a support ticket to them, hopefully this is fixed.